Maple Leaf said adjusted operating earnings in its meat products unit, the company’s primary source of income, more than doubled to C$65.93 million ($49.35 million) in the third quarter ended Sept. 30.

The company’s net earnings rose to C$31.83 million, or 23 Canadian cents per share, from C$18.68 million, or 13 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier.

Maple Leaf recently completed a program started in 2010 to boost earnings by shutting some plants and modernizing others.

On an adjusted basis, Maple Leaf earned 32 Canadian cents per share, in line with the average analyst estimate, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.